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The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed.


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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious.


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I was not allowed to talk about being adopted when growing up. I walked around feeling like I was going to explode.
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Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.


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The only crime I'm guilty of is being a young black woman.


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I'm the hardest working person I know. I'm 20 years old - is it a crime to want to go out dancing with my friends?
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Our idea of nature is increasingly being determined by scientific developments. And they have become decisive for our image of reality.
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Perhaps the world's second-worst crime is boredom; the first is being a bore.


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